Sarah Thomas | Toledo, OH | sarahjtphotography@gmail.com | www.sarahthomasphotos.com
EDUCATION
2020 Cranbrook Academy of Art, Master of Fine Arts, Photography, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2013 Bowling Green State University, Bachelor of Fine Arts, Studio Art: 2D Studies, Bowling Green, OH
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2020-Present Adjunct Photography Instructor, School of Art, College of Art and Sciences, BGSU, Bowling Green, OH
Courses:
ARTS 2410, Intro to Photography; Black and White Darkroom
ARTS 3420, Intro to Color; Film and Digital
ARTS 3430, Large Format
ARTS 4230, Advanced Digital Imaging
ARTS 4440, Advanced Concepts in Photography
ARTS 4480, Senior Studio in Photography
ARTC 4230, Advanced Digital Imaging
2024 Summer Studio Instructor, Photography, University of Saint Francis, Fort Wayne, IN
Darkroom Black and White Photography
Digital Photography and Studio Lighting
2020, 2023 Instructor, Young Artist At Work, The Toledo Arts Commission Summer Program, Toledo, OH
2014 Teaching Assistant for Digital Hybrids class, Professor Lou Krueger, BGSU, Bowling Green, OH
PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY WORK
2010-Present Freelance Photographer, Toledo, OH
2013-2015 Contracted Photographer, The Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH
2012-2016 Assistant and Second Photographer, Mary Wyar Wedding Photography, Toledo, OH
PROFESSIONAL WORK
2022-Present Photography Lab Technician, School of Art, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH
2018-2020 Photography Department Assistant: Equipment Lab + Facilities, Shanna Merola, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2017-2018 Reorder Buyer for Image Rights and Reproductions, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
2014-2022 Assistant Manager/Inventory Management/Visual Merchandiser/Lead Buyer, The Art Supply Depo, Toledo and Bowling Green, OH
2013-2016 Mural Painting Assistant and Project Coordinator, Hello Mr. Taylor (Matt Taylor, Artist), Toledo, OH
SOLO | TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2026 Paper or Plastic with Ashley Beatty & Edward Burtynsky, Goldfish Gallery, University of Saint Francis, Fort Wayne, IN
2025 Paper or Plastic, Solo Exhibition, The Portal Gallery, Toledo School for the Arts, Toledo, OH
2024 Sarah Thomas, Solo Exhibition, Just Toledo, Toledo, OH
2023 Sleek: The Art of Recycling, Solo Exhibition, Just Jerry’s Gallery at The Switchboard, Toledo, OH
2023 Sleek Interventions, Solo Exhibition, Salem Financial Group, Toledo, OH
2023 Sleek Playing Field, Solo Exhibition, Bread and Circus Gallery, Fort Wayne, IN
2022 Sleek Playing Field, Solo Exhibition, Bing-Davis Memorial Gallery, Upper Iowa University, Fayette, IA
2022 Sleek, Solo Exhibition, The Art Supply Depo, Sylvania, OH
2019 Sarah Thomas & Antonia Stoyanovich, Pinboard Gallery, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills
2017 Framework with Pane, Solo Exhibition, The Art Supply Depo, Toledo, OH
2015 Disclosed, (as winning artist from Undisclosed), TSA 333 Gallery, Toledo, OH
2014 Sarah Thomas Photography, Solo Exhibition, The Art Supply Depo, Toledo, Ohio
2014 Sarah Thomas Photography, Solo Exhibition, The Bleak House Gallery, Toledo, Ohio
SELECTED JURIED EXHIBITIONS
2026 Shared State, curated by Co-Worker Gallery at Riffe Gallery, Columbus, OH
2025 Aperture, Artlink Gallery, Fort Wayne, IN
2023 2nd Annual Pride Exhibition, Findlay Art League, Findlay, OH
2021 Momentum, River House Gallery, The Toledo Arts Commission
2020 The Mix: YAAW, Annual Artist Exhibition for The Toledo Arts Commission, Toledo, OH
2019 The Mix: Prohibition, Annual Artist Exhibition for The Toledo Arts Commission, Toledo, OH
2015 Variant, Leso Gallery, Toledo, OH
2015 The Mix, Annual Artist Exhibition for The Toledo Arts Commission, Toledo, OH
2014 Hair Show, Leso Gallery, Toledo, OH
2014 Bachelor of Fine Arts Exhibition, Dorothy Uber Bryan Gallery, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH
2013 Overture II, Leso Gallery, Toledo, OH
2013 Undergraduate Exhibition, Dorothy Uber Bryan Gallery, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH
2012 Undergraduate Exhibition, Dorothy Uber Bryan Gallery, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2026 Praxis, Faculty Show, Dorothy Uber Bryan Gallery, BGSU, Bowling Green, OH
2026 Been Good, Stu’s House Gallery, Toledo, OH
2025 Locals Only, Stu’s House Gallery, Toledo, OH
2025 Blue Bags, Artomatic 419 Event, The Toledo Arts Commission, Toledo, OH
2025 YAAW Alumni Exhibition, The Portal Gallery, Toledo School for the Arts, Toledo, OH
2024 Midwest Deals, Art Clvb hosted by River House Arts, Toledo, OH
2024 Faculty Show, Dorothy Uber Bryan Gallery, BGSU, Bowling Green, OH
2024 YAAW Alumni Exhibition, The Portal Gallery, Toledo School for the Arts, Toledo, OH
2022 34th Annual Photo Arts Club Contest, Photo Arts Club of Toledo, National Center for Nature Photography, Toledo, OH
2022 Faculty Show, Dorothy Uber Bryan Gallery, BGSU, Bowling Green, OH
2022 34th Annual Photo Arts Club Contest, Photo Arts Club of Toledo, National Center for Nature Photography, Toledo, OH
2021 Faculty Show, Dorothy Uber Bryan Gallery, BGSU, Bowling Green, OH
2021 POST, Wasserman Projects Art Gallery, Detroit, MI
2020 Graduate Degree Online Exhibition, Cranbrook Museum of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2020 Tell Me Where To Go | Considering Permanence, 1301 Broadway Gallery, Detroit, MI
2019 Summer Show, Forum Gallery, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2019 End of Year, Curated by Jon Corso, Forum Gallery, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2018 Nature Calls, Co-curated with Ashley Beatty and Group Show, Forum Gallery, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2017 Staff Show, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
2016 Undisclosed, TSA 333 Gallery, Toledo School for the Arts, Toledo, OH
2016 Jam City, Food for Thought Annual Exhibition, Huntington Center, Toledo, Ohio
2015 Festivus, The Farm Gallery, Toledo, OH
2015 Disclosed (Winner of Undisclosed), TSA 333 Gallery, Toledo School for the Arts, Toledo, OH
2015 Undisclosed, TSA 333 Gallery, Toledo School for the Arts, Toledo, OH
2013 Artomatic 419, The Toledo Arts Commission, Toledo, OH
2013 ArtsX, BGSU, Bowling Green, OH
2012 8x8 Exhibition, Launch Pad Gallery, Toledo, OH
2012 ArtsX, BGSU, Bowling Green, OH
CURATORIAL WORK
2021 Nature Calls, Co-curated with Ashley Beatty, Bread and Circus Gallery, Fort Wayne, IN
2020 Considering Permanence: Tell Me Where To Go, Co-curated with Antonia Stoyanovich, Ish Ishmael, and Laura D. Gibson, 1301 Broadway Gallery, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Detroit, MI
2018-2020 Curatorial Assistant and Catalogue Image Facilitator for Laura Mott, Cranbrook Museum of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2019 Curatorial Assistant for Isabella Achenbach, Detroit, MI
2018 Nature Calls, Co-curated with Ashley Beatty, Forum Gallery, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
INSTALLATIONS
2021 Plastic or Plastic Installation, Franklin Park Mall Window Display, The Toledo Arts Commission
2021 Plastic or Plastic Installation, Momentum Festival, The Toledo Arts Commission, River House, Toledo, OH
COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS/COMMUNITY PROJECTS
2023 Lucas County Early Voting Center Mural, Young Artist at Work, The Toledo Arts Commission, Toledo, OH
2020 100 Years of Voting Installation, League of Women Voters, Young Artist at Work, The Toledo Arts Commission, Toledo, OH
2017 Volunteer, Washington Projects of the Arts, Washington, DC
2014 Collingwood Canopy Mural, in collaboration with Hello Mr. Taylor (Matt Taylor) and Arts Corner Toledo, Black Kite Coffee, Toledo, OH
2014 Volunteer, The Toledo Arts Commission, Toledo, OH
2014 Pure Barre Mural, in collaboration with Hello Mr. Taylor (Matt Taylor), Toledo, OH
2013 Leso Mural, in collaboration with Hello Mr. Taylor (Matt Taylor) and Leso Gallery, Toledo, OH
ARTIST TALKS
2026 Sustainability Summit, Sylvania Franciscan Center, Sylvania, OH
2025 Shifting Gears, Society of Photographic Education Conference, Detroit, MI
2025 The Creative Frequency Podcast, Episode 8, with Kent Tarbox
2024 University of Saint Francis, Fort Wayne, IN
2023 Scrap for Art’s Annual Fundraiser, Toledo, OH
2023 Bread and Circus Gallery, Fort Wayne, IN
2022 Bing Davis Memorial Gallery, Upper Iowa University, Fayette, IA
RESIDENCIES
2026 The Peanut Factory, Edenton, NC
VISITING ARTIST WORKSHOPS
2025 Cyanotype, Clean Your Streams Volunteer Luncheon, Toledo, OH
2024-2026 Cyanotype, YAAW visiting BGSU, Bowling Green, OH
JURYING
2026 Focus Show, Chair of Photography Committee, Dorothy Uber Bryan Gallery, Bowling Green, OH
2026 Perspective: Photographers of NW Ohio, Bowling Green Arts Council, Bowling Green, OH
2025 Black Swamp Arts Festival, Bowling Green, OH
2025 Photo Show #43, Findlay Art League, Findlay, OH
2024 Focus Show, Dorothy Uber Bryan Gallery, Bowling Green, OH
2022 Pride Show, Findlay Art League, Findlay, OH
PUBLICATIONS
2026 Faesthetic Zine, Issue #19, Dustin Hostetler
2025 Where are they now? Artist: Sarah Thomas, The Scribe, Ohio’s Arts and Culture Newspaper, Apollo Press, June Issue
2024 Featured Artist: Sarah Thomas, The Scribe, Ohio’s Arts and Culture Newspaper, Apollo Press, June Issue
2022 Taking a Shot: Photographer Sarah Thomas takes new position at BGSU, Toledo City Paper, September 2022 Issue
2021 Nature Calls Exhibition Catalog, Bread and Circus Gallery, Fort Wayne, IN
2020 Sarah Thomas Photography, Self-published MFA Thesis book, Cranbrook Academy of Art Library Collections
2019 Forbes, Exhibition Review, Images for All-inclusive: Fantasy Suites curated by Isabella Achenbach
AWARDS/GRANTS
2026 Project Grant, The Arts Commission of Greater Toledo, Toledo, OH
2023 Best of Show, 2nd Annual Pride Exhibition, Findlay Art League, Findlay, OH
2023 Toledo Lucas County Rescue Plan Grant for Individual Artist, The Arts Commission of Greater Toledo, Toledo, OH
2018 Merit Scholarship, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2013 President Suite Award Selection, Bowen-Thompson Student Union, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH